Housecat

This was a pretty successful Halloween at home. I did some things I don't always get around to these days, like watch a scary movie (28 Days Later) and carve a pumpkin. You can see my efforts above. I bought a larger-than-usual gourd this year 'cause they were cheap and then was stumped what to do with the canvas. monshu shot down the idea of a cyclops so I was like, "How about a cat?" It doesn't show up well on the image, but I had the idea of sticking glass pebbles in the eyes for pupils. Next time I should see if I can get real catseyes.

The most noteworthy feature of the evening was a trick-or-treater--our first (and, so far, only) in seven years here. Despite the novelty of this, the possibility had occurred to me while carving. Since his weight loss became a concern, the Old Man has developed the habit of keeping a stash of cheap chocolate at the ready. I glanced in the bag and noted some "fun size" Milky Ways and peppermint patties. So when the doorbell rang, I had the presence of mind to grab the first of these and offer a couple to the tiny princess in our foyer. Embarrassingly she tripped and fell on the way out. (The timer for the light needs to be manually reset and apparently only Scooter knows how to do it.) But her mother didn't seem too concerned and child shook it off.

We were going to hit Pilsen today, but meteorology predicted rain and cool temperatures and, contrary to our hopes, held to that, so we postponed for tomorrow. As a result, I didn't feel the need to rush home from Cap'n Spiff's Halloween party. His musical taste if quite close to mine--for Heaven's sake, he played not only "Rock Me Amadeus" (the original German version) and "You Spin Me Round" but Coulton's "Re: Your Brains". I keep announcing I was going to leave the dance floor and then returning a moment later to dance to one more song. I'm kind of amazed I can still stand today.